Chapter 2 So this is how you play

"Next." The nurse poked her head out of the little enclosure. She and a thin face and her lips were pinched so that they looked like a prune. "Please step behind the curtain and lay down." Jake cautiously entered. "I am Altrix Swanson. I do have a medical degree from the nullmagus collage of medicine. This will be similar to other physical examinations you may have had. But first, what is your name?" "Jake Holman." Altrix Swanson flipped through the papers on her desk and pulled one out. She began to look in his ears and eyes, she checked his pulse, blood pressure, and temperature. "Strip please." "What?" "Strip please." Jake rather reluctantly and awkwardly removed his cloths. The Altrix started to scribble on the paper while she mumbled to herself. "Brown hair, green eyes, low muscle development... might be a flora... although fair skin... delayed, erm, physical development-" That last one got a few giggles from the crowd on waiting on the other side of the curtains. Jake flushed red all over. "-I could say that the red means Ardescere." She let herself an ephemeral smile. "Would you say you have a green thumb, or like to spend time enjoying plants?" "No and no... can I put my cloths back on?" "Oh, yes... well your ingenium may not have awoken yet, so it will be hard to tell what exemplum you are... your characteristics only give me weak clues." "I'm sorry for asking, what is exemplum, ingenium and Ardescere, and is Altrix your first name?" "No child, that is all Latin, exemplum refers to the differen classes of sorcerer, ingenium means ability, referring to magic, Ardescere would be the fire exemplum, and Altrix means nurse, its my title." Altrix Swanson allowed herself another small grin before she called out, "Next." Jake left and regrouped with Praeceptor Armadlior. Everyone already knew that Alyssa was an Garmen. Michael was an Aestuarium as was Silvia. Chas was a Fictilis. Praeceptor Armadlior began to speak. "If you are unfamiliar with the Magus and Latin words, I am about to enlighten you. Aestuarium, or Aquarias are water sorcerers. Garmen, or Flora are sorcerers of plants. Fictilis, or Terranians are earth sorcerers. Fulgoris, or Voltos are lightning sorcerers. Zephyrus, or Tempists are wind sorcerers. Ardescere, or Pyros are fire sorcerers." Everyone nodded in aproval, weather they had any idea what he was saying or not. "As today is monday it would normaly be history day, but seeing that we are almost done with todays time, we will not start a lesson. Tuesdays and thursdays are application training days, wednesdays are magic theory. Fridays are an elective, theres choises like appalied magic and magic art. For the remander of today you can talk." With that Praeceptor Armadlior left us in the Gamma room lounge. I was a small room, but is could hold seven people comfortably. That made sence because that is all that would ever need to be in there. There were six chair facing a desk. The back of the room had a sink and a counter. There were also a small table and file boxes around the walls. Posters of people doing magic and diagrams of techneques covered the walls. It was like a class room at school only nicer and it had an atmosphere of a cozy family room. Perhaps thats because it was for only six people. "Hey Alyssa, you've already started training... whats if like?" Everyone turned their full attention to Alyssa. Jake's sister was a Junior, but she wasn't alowed to talk about Apertum Magus. "Well its like this..."